Konnichiwa, minna! Sailor Moon isn't mine, it belongs to the original
creatoress and the companies that dub, even though I'm not using the
dubbed names 'cept for Sammy and Ms. Haruna, etc. Please don't sue me!
hehehe
Sorry for not getting this in sooner. I've had a mild case of writers
block with this story, but now I'm back and I have some great ideas for
it! Enjoy!
*=emphasized
-=memories
^=telepathic message
'=thoughts
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Usagi laid in bed for a long time that night, thinking about
the events that had happened before she made it to bed. For one,
Hotaru had appeared out of nowhere. Another thing was Haruka's car was
still sitting out front. Ikuko had called for it to be towed.
The thing that still scared her the most is the fact that Rei
still couldn't get ahold of Setsuna, and Usagi herself couldn't re-
establish the connection to Chibi-usa. That really bothered her. "Oh,
Mamo-chan... I miss you so much." Usagi cried into her pillow. "If
only I could have used the Imperium Silver Crystal to heal you..." A
light dawned in Usagi's head.
'No, I can't do that...' Usagi thought, 'how would it look if
someone just came back to life after being killed in a freakin car
accident?'
^Usako...^
Usagi felt her heart begin to race as she lifted her head from
her pillow to look around. Seeing nobody, she attributed that to
extreme fatigue.
^I'm here, Usako.^
Again, Usagi couldn't see anything, or anybody. Yet, she could
sense something. An all-too familiar presence was in her room with
her. Feeling a hand on her shoulder, Usagi let out a small eep and
spun around to see the light figure of Mamoru sitting on the bed beside
her. "Mamo-chan?" she whispered.
^I'm here, Usako. Don't ever forget that.^
Tears began to form in Usagi's eyes. "I miss you so much,
Mamo-chan!" she said, tears falling in silent rivers down her cheeks.
"When are we going to be together again? Why couldn't the crystal
bring you back?"
^I don't know, Usako. I don't even know where I am right now.
Just please, remember... where I'm at gives me many advantages. A few
are to be able to be with you at all times in spirit... even if you
can't see me.^
Usagi reached out to touch Mamoru's arm and her hand did not go
through it like she expected it to. Finding this, Usagi threw herself
into Mamoru's spirits arms and sobbed.
^Oh, Usako if only you knew... this is hurting me much more
than it's hurting you.^
"How can you know, Mamo-chan?" Usagi mumbled, still hugging him
tightly.
^Another advantage.^ Mamoru smiled a quirky smile down at Usagi
and gently pushed her away. ^I must go now.^
"No, please don't, Mamo-chan!" Usagi begged, grabbing his arm.
^I must, Usako... it's the only way.^
"The only way to what? What's going to happen, Muffin?" Usagi
begged, but it was no use. Mamoru was already gone. "Mamoru!" Usagi
wailed and fell back on her stomach again. "Mamoru..." she sobbed,
crying well into the night.
THE FUTURE
Serenity woke up the next morning with a very stiff neck. She
looked around a bit and saw that she had fallen asleep in Wakusei's
room. The girl was sleeping peacefully in the canopy bed provided in
the room. Serenity smiled at her serene expression, and silently let
herself out of the room.
In the hallway, she stopped a servant. "Anything Wakusei-chan
desires you must provide for her." Serenity ordered. "She may be our
only hope to saving Chibi-Usa-chan and the other young ones in this
city."
The servant nodded and hurried down the hallway.
"To heck with it..." Serenity muttered to herself as she
wandered through the halls. "I'll have breakfast delivered to my room
this morning."
Returning to her chambers, Serenity took a shower and changed
into some fresh clothes before sending a message to the kitchen. No
more than five minutes later, there was a knock at the door.
"Your breakfast, Your Highness." a servant said through the
door. Serenity stood and opened it. "Thankyou." she said, calmly, and
took the tray from the servant. "Please send Wakusei over when she
wakes and has had time to shower."
The servant nodded once and hurried off.
Taking the tray, Serenity settled herself on the balcony
overlooking the central rose gardens behind the palace. She sighed as
she remembered how much work Endymion had gone through, just for her,
because he knew how much she loved his roses. She knew that soon these
memories would be moved into the crystal vaults at Setsuna's wishes, if
she came back in time.
GATES OF TIME
The new sailor scout at the gates sighed as she peeked up and
down the passage of time. "Where are they?" she muttered, impatiently.
"Setsuna-sensei should have been back by now! Wakusei needs my help!"
She started as her communicator beeped. "Sailorneith here." she said,
hurriedly.
"Mitsukaiko-chan, we have a major problem. I can't fix it here
and you're the only one who can bring in the people who can." Setsuna's
face appeared over the screen.
"Great. Who do you need there?"
A small silence ensued. "I need Themis." Setsuna finally said.
Neith almost dropped her communicator. "Y... you need Themis?"
she exclaimed. "But... but she hasn't been around for years! Since
the Silver Millennium!"
"Listen to me, Mitsukaiko-chan, you know Nemisis is in the
future and is attempting to help Serenity there. You need to do your
part now. Themis is there as well, and Nemisis knows it. You need to
get her out of there before Nemesis finds her. Things are going to
change and I know Serenity's not going to like what she finds."
Neith was silent. "I'll do my best, Setsuna-sensei." she said,
then shut off her communicator. "Of all people... she wants me to try
and find Sailorthemis..." Neith groaned and entered the passage of
time. "Might as well get to work. You owe me one, Setsuna-sensei."
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Yeah, I know, short! But I've got a great idea how I'm going to do it
now! It'll probably be another 2 chapters, maybe three... and for
those who don't like the Seiya/Usagi deal, DEAL WITH IT! :)
-*- Goddess Avalon
who if she drinks one more cherry seven up she'll be declared
officially crazy!